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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: gregork on April 12, 2013, 12:41:11 PM

Title: Cattleya
Post by: gregork on April 12, 2013, 12:41:11 PM: hello everyone !

i see there is not much written about Cattleyas on this forum, so maybe this is a start :)
any informations about them are very welcome!

i found this site that provides some basic informations about care:
https://www.orchidweb.com/cattleyacare.html (https://www.orchidweb.com/cattleyacare.html)

if you recomend any other sites, please do so :)
i was also wondering where can i order them online? I didn't find any good web site except in America but shipping costs are very high.. about 100$. just too much
does anyone know a good website within EU?

regards
Gregor
Title: Re: Cattleya
Post by: Sempervivum on April 12, 2013, 01:39:04 PM: Hallo Gregor,
no need to order in America, there are a lot of good suppliers in the EU:
http://www.orchideen-wichmann.de/ (http://www.orchideen-wichmann.de/)
http://www.schwerter-orchideenzucht.de/ (http://www.schwerter-orchideenzucht.de/)
http://www.elsner-orchideen.de/englisch/start.htm (http://www.elsner-orchideen.de/englisch/start.htm)
http://www.nardottoecapello.it/ (http://www.nardottoecapello.it/)
I'm shure that there are also nurseries in the UK where you can buy Cattleay. Maybe someone else will post some.
Best regards - Ulrich
Title: Re: Cattleya
Post by: John Aipassa on April 12, 2013, 02:19:50 PM: A few Dutch webshops offering Cattleya.

http://www.orchideeen-shop.nl/eng-index.php (http://www.orchideeen-shop.nl/eng-index.php)
http://www.orchidwubben.com/ (http://www.orchidwubben.com/)

Good luck
Title: Re: Cattleya
Post by: gregork on April 12, 2013, 03:46:16 PM: hello!

Ulrich and John thanks a lot! the prices of shipping are definetly more reasonable here :)

do you maybe have any personal experiences ordering from this sites? any recomendations? :)
Title: Re: Cattleya
Post by: John Aipassa on April 12, 2013, 05:21:00 PM: Both are good. Wubben has the bigger assortment.
Title: Re: Cattleya
Post by: Sempervivum on April 12, 2013, 05:58:13 PM: Hallo Gregor,
I have ordered several times from Wichmann and Schwerter and can recommend both. Wichmann is not far away from my home so I sometimes can go there and choose the best.
Title: Re: Cattleya
Post by: gregork on April 12, 2013, 06:01:31 PM: thanks alot for all the informations :)

have a nice day
Gregor
Title: Re: Cattleya
Post by: Sarmienta on April 12, 2013, 06:43:25 PM: I recommend Schwerter :o i ordered many times and have also many Cattleya,s from them. Delivery is always on time and the ordered plants were always better than i expected..and inexpensive

succes Wim
Title: Re: Cattleya
Post by: gregork on April 12, 2013, 07:04:59 PM: Just stunning picture!
and thanks for the advice Wim

regards
Gregor